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DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
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- Work location
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- Published value
- £2,000,000 · Published contract value
Excluding VAT; gross value also published - Closing date
- 25 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Notice date
- 23 Oct 2026
- Last checked
- 13 Nov 2026, 07:31 GMT
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Published description
The Government seeks to improve public sector food procurement (PSFP). Subject to legal constraints, it aims for half of all public sector food to be locally produced or certified to higher environmental standards. The new National Procurement Policy Statement, published in February 2025, sets expectations for government contracts to favour products meeting higher environmental standards. This project supports these ambitions by improving school food procurement practices which will lead to enhanced food quality and sustainability, reduced food waste and primary and secondary pupils being better engaged with the food system. Schools account for approximately half of public sector food and catering expenditure and are therefore central to delivery of PSFP ambitions. This is particularly important given childhood obesity and persistent health inequalities. In England, about one in three children leave primary school overweight or obese;
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View original notice ↗ Additional source ↗Notice history (6)
- 20 Aug 2025 · Notice updated
- 23 Oct 2026 · Future work
- 23 Oct 2026 · Future work
- 28 Oct 2026 · Opportunity published
- 28 Oct 2026 · Opportunity published
- 28 Oct 2026 · Notice updated